South Africa Freedom Action Committee
South Africa Freedom Action Committee
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Duration: November 1964 - Unknown, existed in 1965
The South Africa Freedom Action Committee (SAFAC) was founded in Los Angeles in November 1964. SAFAC worked to exert pressure on U.S. business and tourism with South Africa by pickets and sit-ins. SAFAC enlisted support from dockworkers to refuse to unload cargos of South African goods and entertainers to refuse to play in South Africa unless non-racial...
The South Africa Freedom Action Committee (SAFAC) was founded in Los Angeles in November 1964. SAFAC worked to exert pressure on U.S. business and tourism with South Africa by pickets and sit-ins. SAFAC enlisted support from dockworkers to refuse to unload cargos of South African goods and entertainers to refuse to play in South Africa unless non-racial audiences could attend. (Source: WHAT WE HAVE DONE - A PROGRAM OF ACTION, March 22, 1965, South Africa Freedom Action Committee; and Spring Action Bulletin, Spring 1965, American Student Council for Action Against Apartheid, both available on this website.)
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